Belt game 3,260 · April 3, 1971
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat New York Rangers 7–2 at home to start reign 1,257 of the NHL belt, the 225th for the franchise.
New York Rangers had held it since March 23, 1971, with 3 defenses over 11 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Boston Bruins on April 4, 1971.
1,257Reign number
225Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Sheehan | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| J.C. Tremblay | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Marc Tardif | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Frank Mahovlich | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Beliveau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Phil Roberto | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jacques Lemaire | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Guy Lapointe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Rejean Houle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Claude Larose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Henri Richard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Peter Mahovlich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Leon Rochefort | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John Ferguson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jacques Laperriere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry Harper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Bouchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rogie Vachon | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Dryden | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 41 | 43 |
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Gilbert | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Vic Hadfield | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Bruce MacGregor | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Walt Tkaczuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Irvine | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Seiling | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Sather | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Nevin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Fairbairn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Balon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Ratelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Pete Stemkowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Tim Horton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale Rolfe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jim Neilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Giacomin | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Gilles Villemure | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 28 | 35 |
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